Wearing apparel



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Application filed J'anuary 2'7, 1922. Serial No. 532,135.

T all whom it may concern;

Be it known that 1, DAVID H. Hones, a citizen of the United States, residing in the city, county, and State ofNew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wearing Apparel, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates more especially, to wearing apparel which may be adapted at will for summer or winter use.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide an improved construction, combination and arrangement of parts in a vest which may be converted at will from a closed to an open back or vice versa. A further object is to provide an improved construction which will obviate the discomforts usually attending the use of vests of this character or in the use of vests with closed backs. Among other objects,this invention contemplates a construction which will adapt a skeleton vest or similar article of wearing apparel to retain its shape in position on the wearer. The invention contemplates an article of wearing apparel which will afford a maximum degree of relief from the summer heat, present a neat appearance, and when desired, have the appearance of a vest made in the usual conventional style. A specific object of invention is to provide suitable means for imparting a tendency to the vest to conform to the person of thewearer and for supporting those portions of a skeletonized vest which would otherwise get out of Shape and present an untidy appearance.

Another object of the invention is to provide an improved construction for vests having a detachable back and improved means for imparting a snug fit to the person of the wearer whether the detachable back be in use or not.

Other and further objects will appear in the specification and be pointed'out in the appended claims, referencebeing had to the accompanying drawings Which show a preferred embodiment of my invention.

In the drawings:

' Figure 1 is a plan-view'of the vest front with the side and back straps omitted;

Figure 2 is a plan View of the detachable back of the vest; t

Figure 3 is a sectional view of the complete vest, portions of the front sections being broken away;

Figure 4 is a side elevation of the vest with the back detached;

Figure 5 is a rear elevation of the vest in position on the wearer; but with the back detached; t s I Figure 6 is a fragmentary inside elevation of the rear edge of one of the front sections of the vest, parts being broken away to show the interior construction;

Figure 7 is a detail cross-section of the same; j

Figure 8'is a vertical section thru the apparel from front to back with the detachable back in position; j

Figure 9 is an inside elevation of a vest with an open back;

Figure 10 is an elevation of a modified form of the detachable back shown in Figures 8 and 9.

Referring more particularly to the drawings, the front sections 1 and 2 of the vest merge into a neck portion 3. In order to provide suitable means for sustaining the front sections 1 and 2 of the vest so as to prevent theformation of creases and wrinkles, strips 40f suitable resilient material such for example as whalebone or spring metal or the like are arranged to extend from top to bottom of the rear edges of said front sections. Said resilient strips 4; are adapted in connection with suitable stays or straps to be presently referred to, to maintain the rear edges of said front sections 1 and 2 in snug fitting relation to the person of the wearer and at the same time to afford a more substantial support for the fastening means whereby the detachable back may be applied thereto. For this latter purpose I provide suitable means such for example as snap fasteners: 5 arranged in vertical series along the rear edges of the front sections and in suitable positions to be connected up with complementary snap fasteners 6 arranged along the forward edges of the detachable back 7. Similar devices on the neck piece 3 may be adapted to receive complementary fasteners 9 arranged along the top of the detachable back 7. As shown in Figures 5, 6, and 7, the resiliently supported rear edges of the foreparts 1 and 2 are connected by a waist band strap 10, while a pair of oblique shoulder straps 11 and 12 extend from the upper end of the resilient strips 4: to; the collar piece3,

being preferably connected thereto beneath the outer fasteners 8 on said collar piece. A vertically arranged strap 13 extends from the middle of waist strap and is secured to the collar piece 3 preferably beneath the middle fastener 8. As shown in Figure 7 the resilient strip a on either side may con veniently be arranged between the rear edge of the fore-part of the vest and a strip of I lining 14 extending along said rear edge,

the strap .10 being secured at one end to said lining strip. According to the complete vest shown in Figures 8 and 10, the detachable back 15 is provided with an opening 16, said back being provided with suitable snap fasteners 17 which are adapted to detachably engage complementary fasteners 18 mounted along the resilient strips. According to the embodiment of my invention shown in Figure 9, the front sections 20 and 21' of the vest are provided with resilient strips 22 and 23 which are arranged on opposite sides of an opening 2 1 in the back 25 of the vest, thus afiording suitable support to the material on opposite sides of said opening and serving to retain the shape of said vest. The method of using and the constructional advantages of my improved vest will be readily understood and briefly related are as follows. In warmly heated houses or in summer time when the tempera ture is relatively high, the wearer may provide himself with a vest of the lightest possible construction and neat in appearance. At the same time the self-sustaining structure embodying the resilient strips supported at their lower ends from the waist line and suspended at their upper ends from. the collar piece by means of oblique straps, cond uces to the comfort of the wearer byeliminating the usual drawing or binding effects of the vest in theback. At times when it may be desired to increase the warmth of the apparel the detachable back 7 will be readily attached at the will of the wearer to form a closed back. Furthermore, this construction affords ready means for attaching replaceable backs of different weights and texture.

1. An article of Wearing apparel provided with a collar piece and an opening in the back thereof, resilient means for supporting the material along the edges of said opening, a back section detachably connected to said Ycollar piece, and means for detachablyconnec'ting said back section to the resiliently supported material along the edges of said opening for supporting the material from said collar piece.

2. An article of wearing apparel provided with a collar piece and an opening in the back thereof, means for resiliently support ing the material along the edges of said openingv a back section detachably connected to said collar piece, and means for detachably connecting said back section to the resiliently supported material along the edges of said opening for supporting the material from said collar piece, said back section being provided with an opening therein.

3.v An article of apparel comprising front sections stiffened along the rear edges thereof and merging above into a collar piece, said article of apparel being provided with a connecting strap extending across the back of the wearer for connecting the stiffened rear edges of said front sections and oblique straps extending from. said stiffened rear edges of the front sections to said collar pieces.

4. A skeleton vest comprising front sections merging above into a collar piece, said front sections being provided with means for resiliently supporting the rear edges thereof, a waist strap extending around the back of the wearer between the resiliently supported rear edges of said front sections,

oblique straps extending from the upper ends. of said resiliently supported edges to said collar piece, and a vertical strap extending from said collar piece to the middle of said waist strap.

5. An article of wearing apparel comprising front sections merging into a collar piece and provided with resilient strips extending along the rear edges therof, a waist strap connecting the rear edges of said front sections and extending from one resilient strip to the other adjacent the bottom ends thereof, and oblique straps extending from adjacent to the upper ends of said resilient strips to said collar piece.

6. An article of wearing apparel comprising front sections merging into a collar piece and provided with resilient strips extending along the rear edges of said front sections, a waist strap connecting the rear edges of said front sections and extending from one resilient strip to the other adjacent the bottom ends thereof, oblique straps extendin from the collar to therear edges of said front sections adjacent to the uper end of said resilient strips, and a vertical strap extending from said collar to the middle of said waist strap, said articles of wearing apparel being provided with a back section adapted to be detachably connected to the front sections along said resilient strips and above to said collars.

7 An article of wearing apparel provided with oppositely arranged front sections and with an open back, a collar piece connecting said front sections, and a back section detachably connected to said collar piece, means for 'detachably connecting the for ward edges of said back section to the rear edges of said front sections for supporting the latter from the former.

8. A skeleton vest comprising front sections merging above into a collar piece, de-

tachable fasteners arranged along said collar piece, said front sections being provided along the rear edges thereof with resilient supporting means, detachable fasteners arranged in vertical series along the resiliently supported rear edge of each of said front sections, a strap connecting the lower ends of said resiliently supported edges of said front 10 sections, a strap connecting the upper end of the resiliently supported edge of each front section to said collar piece, and a detachable back provided with suitable fasteners for releasably engaging the fasteners on said collar piece and oneach of the resiliently 15 supported rear edges of said front sections. New York, New York, January 18th, 1922.

DAVID H. HODES. 

